Meerkat Telescope Project Questions

In class today we had to think up some questions to Skype professors and ask them about the meerkat project. These are our questions:

1.  Why did you choose South Africa and Australia for your project?

2.  What are you trying to find out?

3.  How far away is the  closest star?

4. Why are you spending so much money on the project?

5.  What are you hoping to find?

6.  How long will this project take?

7.  Is there life in space?

8.  What is a radio telescope?

9.   Why did they name it the meerkat project?

10. How does it work?

11. When will the project be finished?

By Emma R and Laura